demonik1 Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 i recently cleared out a house and came across 2 money sacks full of old pennies, halfpennies, farthings and threepences. in all there is over 20kg of them, are they valuable or just for scrap ? none of the scrap yards my way want them and i dont know how to grade or rate them ! most seem pretty worn and date from 1800's to 1967... any ideas guys ? does anyone know where to take them for scrap price ?many thanks Quote
Peckris Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 i recently cleared out a house and came across 2 money sacks full of old pennies, halfpennies, farthings and threepences. in all there is over 20kg of them, are they valuable or just for scrap ? none of the scrap yards my way want them and i dont know how to grade or rate them ! most seem pretty worn and date from 1800's to 1967... any ideas guys ? does anyone know where to take them for scrap price ?many thanks It's unlikely that there are any rarities among those, and I can't see many collectors wanting to sift it. I have heard that the Royal Mint at Llantrisant are still paying face value to redeem pre-decimal coins, but I should think the cost of getting it all to Wales would be pretty steep. The highest value coin you have there is the 3d, which is about 1p face value, so I imagine the total face value is not very much. In fact, the metal value would be higher than that, but you say local scrap yards don't want it? More fool them - don't they know how much copper is fetching now? Getting scrap copper value is definitely your best hope. Quote
scott Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 ineed, but still go through them 1800's stuff usualy fetches something Quote
scottishmoney Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 If I were in Britain and not in Ukraine, I would buy them in a heartbeat. I have approximately 50kg of predecimal coinage floating about. Quote
declanwmagee Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 It's tragic that were suggesting melting these things - we are supposed to be coinies!It wasnt too long ago Id have been delighted to get 20kg of pre-decimal to sort through, and that must go for thousands of new or potential collectors out there too - just got to find them.uPut them on ebay as one lot - there's twice as many newbies now as there were 5 years ago...maybe even "Pick-up only" and get someone local?one man's junk is another mans treasure, so save the junk, I say! Quote
Peckris Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 It's tragic that were suggesting melting these things - we are supposed to be coinies!It wasnt too long ago Id have been delighted to get 20kg of pre-decimal to sort through, and that must go for thousands of new or potential collectors out there too - just got to find them.uPut them on ebay as one lot - there's twice as many newbies now as there were 5 years ago...maybe even "Pick-up only" and get someone local?one man's junk is another mans treasure, so save the junk, I say!As a former dealer myself, I can tell you that browsing through unending sacks of auction lots full of rubbish "on the off chance", does tend to alter your perspective somewhat. It reaches the point that you tell yourself that only something extremely rare would make all that waste of time worthwhile. Quote
scott Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) i hate sorting through stuff, but i have got lucky with bulk buys on ebay, found some pretty nice things in a good % of bulk buysstill worth a look through, use the key dates guide on the site and look for those. Edited December 15, 2009 by scott Quote
silverdog Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 what area of the country are you in ? - if someone here is near you they may be tempted !! Quote
declanwmagee Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 It's tragic that were suggesting melting these things - we are supposed to be coinies!It wasnt too long ago Id have been delighted to get 20kg of pre-decimal to sort through, and that must go for thousands of new or potential collectors out there too - just got to find them.uPut them on ebay as one lot - there's twice as many newbies now as there were 5 years ago...maybe even "Pick-up only" and get someone local?one man's junk is another mans treasure, so save the junk, I say!As a former dealer myself, I can tell you that browsing through unending sacks of auction lots full of rubbish "on the off chance", does tend to alter your perspective somewhat. It reaches the point that you tell yourself that only something extremely rare would make all that waste of time worthwhile.I agree - no interest to a dealer, but there was a time when I had lots of gaps in my own collection, that the thought of being able to fill a lot of them in one hit would have seemed a lot of fun.Maybe I'm still an anorak! Quote
Peckris Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 i hate sorting through stuff, but i have got lucky with bulk buys on ebay, found some pretty nice things in a good % of bulk buysstill worth a look through, use the key dates guide on the site and look for those.Nothing will ever match the time I went to a coin fair where there was HUGE crate full of coins marked at "5 for £1" - the guy in charge said "that lot hasn't been sorted - you might find the odd thing in there". Well, not only was there some pre-1920 silver in there, I also found an 1888 sixpence GEF, and a 1951 brass 3d ABU !! THAT'll never happen again ... Quote
scott Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 heh nice, that might slightly top me 200k mintage EF 1939 rhodesia 3D then in an £8 200+ coin bulk buy i should try and find boot sales and fairs and have a look through these, i have found these at 25p this year alone at my dealersnothing like a good look. also going through the unpriced stuff brings gems, i have an absolutly gorgeous aEF 1885 japan 1 sen for £1.50 Quote
scottishmoney Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 If someone were to saunter and sift through my 50kg of predec, they would find coins going back to William III. I pitched a whole bunch of early hapennies in there years ago. Quote
Peckris Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 If someone were to saunter and sift through my 50kg of predec, they would find coins going back to William III. I pitched a whole bunch of early hapennies in there years ago.Pay my fare to Ukraine and I might just take you up on that! Quote
Peter Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 I would think the Wee Scottie is a bit sharp...although I wouldn't Know a slender 3 or even an open 1903.....stuff you penny collectors the future is farthings. Quote
Colin G. Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 I would think the Wee Scottie is a bit sharp...although I wouldn't Know a slender 3 or even an open 1903.....stuff you penny collectors the future is farthings. Peter I agree Quote
£400 for a Penny ? Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 ...stuff you penny collectors....How very unseasonal Sir. Quote
scottishmoney Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 If someone were to saunter and sift through my 50kg of predec, they would find coins going back to William III. I pitched a whole bunch of early hapennies in there years ago.Pay my fare to Ukraine and I might just take you up on that!Tomorrow I am in Frankfurt DE, then back to Ukraine. But the hoard is somewheres else entirely. Quote
scott Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) i just buy whats gorgeous, and anyway, farthing s are great , especially if you get some rare ones and trying to find open3... urgh, and what exactly is the differance between a normal 3 and a slender 3 without a very very small differance? Edited December 19, 2009 by scott Quote
mike18 Posted December 25, 2009 Posted December 25, 2009 I may sound cheeky but i wouldn"t mind a couple of the coins as i"ve just started collecteing and i own nothing yet Quote
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